224 - The City Floor Rent is Too Damn High Ironweeds

We’re doing a local news roundup that includes some government corruption, stolen valor, and bad opinions. 
 
https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/sharon-toney-finch-fraud-purple-heart-19433544.php
 
https://www.timesunion.com/education/article/union-argues-budget-increases-fund-suny-campus-19428463.php
 
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/monroe-county-da-sandra-doorley-curses-cop-calls-19428505.php
 
https://www.timesunion.com/opinion/article/editorial-wait-minute-mayor-mantello-19429097.php
 
https://www.timesunion.com/churchill/article/churchill-kudos-now-schenectady-city-19428339.php
 
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/prospect-park-fire-scorches-part-homeless-19437242.php
 
https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/suny-new-paltz-palestine-encampment-arrests-19436848.php
 
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/02/1247374244/house-passes-bill-aimed-to-combat-antisemitism-amid-college-unrest
 
https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/harrison/2024/05/03/purchase-students-faculty-allegedly-arrested-at-encampment/73550669007/ 
 
https://www.commondreams.org/news/tennessee-volkswagen-workers-join-uaw